Seattle's other hugely influential label is having a birthday party too. Over 15 years Barsuk Records has provided a home to some of Seattle's best indie rock and singer-songwriter albums and helped shape the modern perception of indie rock. In many ways, Barsuk was to the indie rock boom of the early 2000s what Sub Pop was to the grunge movement of the '90s. Most notably, the label helped launch Death Cab for Cutie and released the band's breakthough record Transatlanticsim